Hi Guys,

Flying Pattaya- KohSamui, which airport is better, U-Tapao/Pattaya or BKK ?

I think its pretty similiar:

U-Tapao around 800 Baht and 1 hour+ driving

BKK around 1000 Baht and 1,5 hour driving

I would choose the more convenient flights.

This is what P and I did preparing for our November visit to Chiang Mai. The flights from CNX  to BKK are plentiful  but to U-Tapao, not so. It may have been worth it before Suvanbharmi was built....that extra ninety minutes from Dom Muang to Pattaya were unpleasant.  

4 hours ago, Mateo_37 said:

BKK around 1000 Baht and 1,5 hour driving

 

or 130 by Jomtien bus and the same 1.50 hr. 870 saved for the first tip

I liked flying on U-Tapao Airport for Pattaya. Its a small airport so before you know it you already have your luggage and are in your taxi on the way to Pattaya. As in BKK, with the long distance you might have to walk from plane to baggage belt and sometimes the waiting time for luggage to come... But off course the main thing will be flight days and times. Choose what's most convenient for you as flights to U-Tapao are limited. 

The risk is that the number of flights, to U-Tapao it's limited in case of over booking or flight cancelation you are in trouble from BKK there's plenty of flight alternatives and it's easier for the airline to find you a solution. 

With current still pretty low nrs I think (thats some experience from yrs ago working next to the travel biz) that ´consolidations´=airline speak for cancellations, due to low nr of bookings are more a risk at UTP. Its all BKK-air to Samui, small planes (for those who do dislike it: mostly turboprop, no real jet) and its TH after crisis so nothing will move when they feel it makes a loss. Perhaps when hi-season really swings back in this is less of an issue. Many of these flights in fact rely on travel agencies sending out large enough groups to fill most of that plane